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Where does “del” come from?

del (Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian *jr̥dáyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

Ancestry of “del”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*jr̥dáyam—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰŕ̥dayamheart
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart
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